Game #1779
Aston Villa
5-4-13, 14 PTS

Thursday, 26 December 1935
22nd
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴 |
M Tommy Wood | 🏴 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴 |
W Jackie Williams | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴 |
Management Committee 1935-1936

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴 |
Full Backs
LB George Cummings | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Tommy Wood | 🏴 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴 |
M Tom Griffiths | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Jackie Williams | 🏴 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴 |
Forwads
F Dai Astley | 🏴 |
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴 |
F Bob Brocklebank | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴 |
F Jack Palethorpe | 🏴 | septic toe
Team News
Jimmy McMullan names an unchanged line up as Villa face Huddersfield on successive days.
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Lost
1-4
🟥 26 Dec 1935, Villa 1-4 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
Scorer(s) | Ronnie Dix | 1-1 |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🥅 | 1' Goal, 0-1, (Huddersfield Town), Reg Chester
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Ronnie Dix
🥅 | 35' Goal, 1-2, (Huddersfield Town), Wilf Bott
🕒 | HT Huddersfield Town 2-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 77' Goal, 1-3, (Huddersfield Town), Wilf Bott
🥅 | Goal, 1-4, (Huddersfield Town), Alf Lythgoe
🕒 | FT Huddersfield Town 4-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1935-36 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Thursday, 26 December 1935

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Management Committee 1935-1936
Referee: Jack Millward | 🏴 | Derby, 1932-1935
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: Jack Millward | 🏴 | Derby, 1932-1935
Match Stats
Not recorded
Management Committee 1935-1936
Villa Career Form:
Division One
Huddersfield Town
11-5-5, 27 PTS

Leeds Road
Attendance: 19,316
GK Hugh Turner | 🏴 |
D George Roughton | 🏴 |
D Reg Mountford | 🏴 |
D Ken Willingham | 🏴 |
D Alf Young | 🏴 |
D Albert Beech | 🏴 |
D Buster Brown | 🏴 |
M Wilf Bott | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Alf Lythgoe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Reg Chester (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Jimmy Richardson | 🏴 |
Clem Stephenson (ex) | 🏴 |

Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1925-26
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Hugh Turner | 🏴 |
Defenders
D George Roughton | 🏴 |
D Reg Mountford | 🏴 |
D Ken Willingham | 🏴 |
D Alf Young | 🏴 |
D Albert Beech | 🏴 |
D Buster Brown | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Wilf Bott | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Alf Lythgoe | 🏴 |
F Reg Chester (ex) | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Richardson | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded

Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Huddersfield turn the tables on Villa as they are defeated at Leeds Road a day after they had faced Huddersfield and won.
As a result Villa make it five wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in twenty two games, conceding sixty nine.
Villa now have a single clean sheet in 28 games.
What they Said